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April Issue Now Available!
Download the April edition of The NICHD Connection here: newsletter_2014_04_web.pdf
The theme this month is self-reflection. Life can be hectic, and it's hard to take a quiet moment to think about the health of your mind and body. We have several articles in this issue that tackle the importance of evaluating your lifestyle and thought patterns.
Dr. Reina Haddad examines "impostor syndrome," the feeling that you're a fake and have achieved success by mere luck. Her article reveals surprising data points about how impostor syndrome affects the personal lives of NIH fellows.
For some fellows, maintaining a healthy lifestyle is the largest challenge. Erin Fincher provides an excellent recap of the latest NICHD Exchange meeting, which focused on evidence-based practices for weight loss and obesity prevention in children. As it turns out—not so surprisingly—some of the fad diets aren't a cure-all, and it breaks down to a simple calories-in versus calories-out.
Perhaps no one would argue the need for self-reflection more than the Dalai Lama. Postbac Uma Srivastava offers her reaction to the Dalai Lama's recent NIH visit in the "Thoughts of a Postbac" column. The Dalai Lama's inspiring words helped her to find pleasure in life's daily activities and reconciled some of her thoughts on science and religion.
While we focus on personal health, we haven't forgotten about the health of your career. In this issue, we provide a thorough Former Fellow Follow-up with Dr. Fiona Mitchell, senior editor for The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology and Part II of our Three-Minute-Talks Workshop recap by Dr. Parmit Kumar Singh.
As is with the course of life, we are forced to say goodbyes, some too soon. We are saddened to have recently lost two valued members of our NICHD community, Dr. Robert E. Cooke and Dr. Alexander Vergara Tinoco. Dr. Cooke, in collaboration with Mrs. Eunice Kennedy Shriver, was a key player in founding the NICHD. He was 93 years old at the time of his death at his home in Martha's Vineyard. Dr. Vergara, a postdoc who shared his time between the Stopfer lab and Dr. Steve Semanick's lab at NIST, passed away while visiting family in Mexico City. His contributions to the scientific community were numerous, with his latest project aimed at developing algorithms to distinguish the signals that odors elicit from artificial sensors.
Please take a moment to reflect on the importance of our past colleagues.
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By Marie Reine Haddad, PhD
Do you feel like you are not as bright as people think you are or that you do not deserve the success or the academic levels you have achieved? If you answered "yes," you may have experienced "impostor syndrome," also known as impostor phenomenon or fraud syndrome.
Impostor syndrome is a psychological phenomenon, defined by the Caltech Counseling Center as "a collection of feelings of inadequacy that persist even in face of information that indicates that the opposite is true."1 Psychologists Dr. Pauline R. Clance and Dr. Suzanna Imes first coined the term in a 1978 article in Psychology and Psychotherapy: Theory, Research and Practice. The two observed that many highly accomplished women believed they were not actually smart and had fooled anyone who thought otherwise.3 Impostor syndrome can manifest itself in several ways, including feeling like a fake, attributing success to luck or timing, or discounting success.
Often, impostor syndrome is associated with high-achieving, highly successful individuals. People in diverse fields, such as acting, teaching, academia, and the social sciences all may suffer from impostor feelings. Golden Globe and Academy Award winner Kate Winslet once said, "Sometimes I wake up in the morning before going off to a shoot, and I think, I can't do this. I'm a fraud."2
This idea did not seem unusual to me or uncommon in our scientific field. To assess how much impostor syndrome might affect our own NIH community, I questioned 18 of my colleagues—90 percent of whom have higher education degrees—about their own experience with impostor syndrome. When I defined its characteristics, 67 percent identified with the phenomenon. As I went into more detail, many said: "How did you know exactly how I felt?"
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While my sample suggests that men experience impostor syndrome as often as women in our community, it may affect life outside the lab more often for females. Less than half of the men thought that impostor feelings affected their personal lives, but more than 73 percent of the women thought it did.
Some psychologists posit that imposter syndrome originates from childhood experiences. For example, sibling rivalry may create a situation where a person, regardless of what he or she accomplishes, sees the sibling as the "smart one." The person will then be driven to find ways of getting validation for his or her intellectual competence. Family expectations may also feed impostor feelings. A person may begin to distrust their family's perceptions of their competence and start to doubt him or herself. A postdoctoral fellow in NICHD emphasized, "In basic research, the reward is very scarce. which leads to frustration," creating impostor feelings.
Many high-achieving people with impostor syndrome have trouble acknowledging their own accomplishments. According to Joyce Roche, author of "The Empress Has No Clothes: Conquering Self-Doubt to Embrace Success," the first step to alleviating this syndrome is to avoid destructive thoughts and become aware of impostor feelings.4 "I try to remind myself of recent successes in my career, and through that reinforce the positive attitude," said a fellow NIH scientist. Another fellow suggested that keeping a written record of positive feedback about your competence can help.
Additional tips and career-related coaching can be found in the award-winning book "The Secret Thoughts of Successful Women: Why Capable People Suffer from the Impostor Syndrome and How to Thrive in Spite of It" by Dr. Valerie Young, who is scheduled to speak in Washington, DC, this July.
Self-recognition can be difficult, especially if the roadblock is you. So, do not doubt your own abilities, and do not fear to embrace success!
- https://counseling.caltech.edu/general/InfoandResources/Impostor, accessed online March 2014.
- Kate Winslet, Interview magazine, November 2000.
- Clance, P.R., & Imes, S.A. (1978). The Impostor Phenomenon in High Achieving Women: Dynamics and Therapeutic Interventions. Psychology and Psychotherapy: Theory, Research and Practice, 15: 241 247. http://www.paulineroseclance.com/pdf/ip_high_achieving_women.pdf
- Roche, Joyce M. (June 3, 2013). The Empress Has No Clothes: Conquering Self-Doubt to Embrace Success. Berrett-Koehler Publishers: San Francisco.
Dr. Mitchell in Kuala Lumpur for the International Congress on Obesity having some (extremely) fresh coconut water
Dr. Fiona Mitchell is the Senior Editor for The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology. Before her current position, she spent two years at the NICHD in the Shi lab. There, she characterized a transgenic mouse strain in which the gene encoding LAT1—a transporter for thyroid hormones and amino acids—could be knocked out by Cre co-expression globally or in specific tissues. In a Q&A with The NICHD Connection, Dr. Mitchell shares her experiences as an editor:
1. What does a senior editor at an academic journal do?
The Lancet journals have an in-house editorial system. The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology is the latest of the Lancet specialty titles to launch. The core team running the journal is three people: Editor, Deputy Editor, and Senior Editor. Because the team is small, the Deputy Editor and Senior Editor are responsible for part of every section of the journal. On other journals, one individual will be responsible for one section, but this is not the case for The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology.
As the Senior Editor, I handle approximately half of the articles that we publish in the journal. Once original research articles are passed onto me by the Editor, I read them in-depth, do a primary assessment of their quality and novelty, and feed back my assessment to the Editor. After discussion, I will either let the authors know that we have decided not to proceed with their paper, or I will arrange for peer review by a statistician and secure three to four clinical reviewers. All research papers that will be sent back to authors for revision on the basis of reviewer comments are presented at a weekly meeting with the wider Lancet team; this includes other Lancet specialty journal editors as well as editors from The Lancet. Research submissions generally go through one to two rounds of peer review and revision before acceptance.
Each original research paper that we accept is published alongside a Comment article. After a paper is accepted, these articles must be commissioned quickly and processed with a fast timeline. To meet our publication targets, papers are published four weeks after acceptance; so linked Comments must be commissioned, written, submitted, revised if necessary, edited, and proofed in this time.
As well as research submissions, I commission reviews on topics of interest in the field. We aim to publish novel reviews that will fill a gap in the current literature, so I need to be aware of current topics of interest and advances in the field. I travel to international conferences several times a year, which is important for generating review ideas, networking with leading clinicians and academics, and keeping abreast of ongoing studies. I also handle the peer review, developmental editing, and revision process for review articles after submission.
We also publish news stories, and as the Senior Editor I am responsible for ensuring that we have sufficient content to fill this section of the journal. We commission freelancer writers for much of our news content, and I am responsible for liaising with the writers. I also generate a lot of the ideas for news stories that we commission.
The journal team writes Editorials in rotation, so we will each write once every three months. We also write calls for papers, arrange for press releases, commission cover art, and take on other projects such as Series (a group of papers on a theme).
After acceptance, papers are edited in-house by Assistant Editors and figures are redrawn by Production Editors. I am responsible for liaising with this wider team, in order to meet our publication deadlines. Original research timelines are roughly eight weeks from submission to online publication, and we publish three to four research papers per month in print. We publish around two to three reviews per month, news, Comments, Editorials, Correspondence, and Clinical Pictures.
2. What's your typical day like?
It is varied, but usually involves some aspect of peer review, "second reads" of new articles that have been submitted, and status meetings with the team. I might also be writing, providing developmental comments for a review author, or researching ideas for a series of reviews. If I'm at a conference, then I will be attending talks and also meetings with leading academics.
3. When did you start thinking about becoming an editor?
I knew that I didn't want to stay at the bench, but I am interested in how research projects are designed and conducted. I also didn't like focusing on one small area when I was more interested in how it all fits together. Becoming an editor allowed me to use my scientific knowledge and thinking, but also see the bigger picture. I started working towards this change in career while I was a postdoc.
4. How did you find your position with The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology?
I took a maternity cover position at another journal, and when I was there I met other editors. Someone I knew moved to a new position at one of the Lancet specialty journals. When The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology was recruiting before launch, they let me know about the position.
5. Please describe the application/hiring process. Did it take a long time?
I applied with a CV and cover letter. Because this was a new journal, there was a lag time because they were recruiting the Editor before the rest of the team. I received an editing test—writing an editorial on a topic of my choosing and selecting articles for peer review and suggesting reviewers. I was then invited for an interview.
6. Which skill sets from the lab best apply to becoming a journal editor?
The ability to see projects through to completion is good for working on Series. The scientific knowledge and understanding of good study design is necessary to be able to assess papers for their rigor, validity, and utility.
7. What activities or resources at the NIH helped prepare you for your career transition?
I was supported by my supervisor who understood that the training position was about more than gaining lab skills. I joined the Fellows' Editorial Board, which was useful for me to see how lots of different papers are put together. The discussions I had about research design were helpful—whether we were discussing research ongoing in the division or new papers that had recently been published.
8. As a journal editor, what is your take on team science?
Some of the information generated in large collaborative efforts is very interesting. The genome-wide association study (GWAS), for example, is allowing us to understand phenomena such as heritability of drug actions that could lead to targeting of treatments based on what will work best for each individual. Large databases are also uncovering interesting trends, such as ethnic/socioeconomic disparities. These efforts would not be possible without many people with different skill sets working together.
9. Do you have any advice for fellows who are thinking about entering the editing career field?
Every journal and publisher is different. I was lucky to find an open opportunity at a journal in the field I was interested in—endocrinology. Like bench science, it's long hours and you need to be passionate about the subject to enjoy the job. But I find it more rewarding than being at the bench because you're involved with more completed stories. Being able to write is a positive, as is the ability to critically appraise research. Additionally, you should be aware of what is "hot" in the field. If you are interested in becoming an editor, these are skills that are very useful.
10. Is it ok if current NICHD fellows contact you with questions?
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By Erin Fincher
Sometimes, modern life can feel incompatible with a healthy lifestyle. Each morning we pick up our extra-large, whole-milk mocha with whip—knowing we can't make it through the morning without one. We skip breakfast, head to the vending machine, and then pick up a large pizza for dinner. We spend eight hours a day (usually more) hunched over computers or lab benches. We drive frantically like we're the only ones on the road, because we always have somewhere to be. Rarely do we take the time (or have the time) to examine these everyday unhealthy habits and think about how they affect the population at large. This month's NICHD Exchange meeting, entitled "Healthy Lifestyles: Eat Well, Exercise Well, Drive Well, Be Well" gave us that chance, as experts gathered to discuss a host of unhealthy habits, along with the best methods of prevention and treatment.
A growing portion of the US population is either overweight or obese; it's a complex problem with no single, clear solution. Dr. Gilman Grave began February's meeting with a discussion on the current state of obesity in the US, as well as the many factors that contribute to our ever-growing waistlines. In search of the cause of our obesity problem, scientists have examined everything from increasing portion sizes to viral infections. To date, researchers have identified 108 drivers of obesity, forming a dangerous, tangled web of correlated relationships. This may be why single-focus solutions—such as higher taxes on soft drinks—seem to have little impact on large-scale obesity rates.
Although obesity rates are high within the population, it doesn't mean that any one individual is helpless against this battle of the bulge. Dr. Joan Han provided us with a summary of what approaches have been scientifically proven to help patients lose weight and become healthier. Surprisingly, much of what is generally accepted as common weight loss knowledge is not scientifically substantiated. Suggestions like eating more fruits and vegetables and cutting out highly processed foods are supported by plenty of anecdotal evidence, but there is ultimately little scientific research to back them up. Many people try to cut a certain type of food from their diet—such as carbohydrates or fats—but research shows that weight loss is simply a matter of calories-in versus calories-out.
Another conclusion that may come as a surprise to some is that diet, not exercise, is the key to substantial weight loss. However, this shouldn't be a deterrent to keep you from exercising. Exercise is still highly beneficial, and has been proven to help people who have lost weight successfully keep the pounds off.
Ultimately, prevention is far more effective than treatment when it comes to obesity. That's why obesity rates in children should be of particular concern, especially within the NICHD community. In 1980, obesity rates for children six to 11 years old and adolescents 12 to 19 years old were seven percent and five percent, respectively. In 2012, these numbers skyrocketed to 18 percent for children and 21 percent for adolescents. Over one-third of children are currently overweight or obese. But there is hope. A recent study showed that obesity in children aged two to five has decreased by 43 percent over the past decade.
In many populations, however, childhood obesity is still a growing problem. Minority and low-income children, as well as children with disabilities, are particularly vulnerable to becoming overweight or obese. Dr. Tina Urv and Dr. Layla Esposito gave a joint talk on the difficulties of managing obesity in children with mobility, intellectual, and developmental disabilities. "This is a whole group of kids who are falling through the gaps," Dr. Urv reminded us. For children who are currently overweight or obese, Drs. Han, Urv, and Esposito all emphasized the same major points: successful interventions are those that are custom-tailored and involve entire families, rather than focusing solely on the child.
When we think about "being healthy," we tend to focus largely on things like food, weight, and exercise. Dr. Bruce Simons-Morton reminded us that behavioral health is an often overlooked part of good health. Managing risky behavior keeps us safe and mitigates poor choices that have possible disastrous consequences. Dr. Simons-Morton studies adolescent health behavior, specifically teen driving patterns. He provided us with some interesting strategies that increase teen driving safety, the most effective of which is getting parents involved in their teen's driving habits.
The take-home messages from this Exchange meeting were that health has many facets and the strategies used to improve patient health need to be individually tailored. Parents can have a huge impact on their children's health by working to improve the health of their entire family (themselves included). By instilling healthy habits in childhood and adolescence, we can create a healthier adult population.
By Parmit Kumar Singh, PhD
Can you describe your postdoctoral work in three minutes or less? The new NICHD Science Communication "Three-Minute-Talks" Competition is helping postdoctoral fellows do just that. As part of the competition, Mr. Scott Morgan leads workshops on how to present scientific achievements in a concise format.
If you missed it, you can find a recap of Mr. Morgan's first workshop in last month's issue of The NICHD Connection. The second workshop was on February 18, 2014. During the workshop, participants presented their research on a single slide and in a talk of less than three minutes. Mr. Morgan then met with each fellow and suggested changes to the slide as well as to the spoken content. I asked several fellows to share some of the problems highlighted by Mr. Morgan during their session. Based on their responses, I have compiled the top ten most common mistakes to watch out for in your presentations:
- The first line of the talk should be more general than specific, but should still reflect why your research is important. You need to grab the audience's attention!
- Avoid slides that have too much content or look too busy. Remember, not every detail you say needs a figure.
- Refer to your slide when mentioning a figure with phrases like "as shown in figure one" or "as shown in the top-most figure."
- If you are presenting a model to explain your work, consider using two different figures. The first figure should explain the model of what is known before your work, and the second figure should explain the full model based on your current work.
- Figures should be made self-explanatory by providing legends.
- Remove parts of the figure that are not discussed during your talk.
- Each figure should relate to your research question. Do not include unrelated information.
- Conclude your talk with future aims.
- Be careful to stay on topic. Your results and conclusion should give—or at least point to—an answer to the original research question.
- Last, but not least, maintain eye contact!
By Uma Srivastava
His Holiness the Dalai Lama, a clinician, and a scientist walk into a room. No, really, this actually happened. The Dalai Lama, sometimes referred to as simply His Holiness, visited Washington, DC, during the first week of March. The NIH was honored to have him visit the campus, where he spoke about the role of science in human flourishing.
The Dalai Lama is a well-known spiritual figure whose ideologies are prominent in Asia. One might question, what exactly is he doing at the National Institutes of Health? It can be hard to imagine how a spiritual leader would be accepting of modern science, but it was quickly apparent that the Dalai Lama was open to scientific exploration and excited to see new trends in science. He spoke of his visit with a young girl who, after being diagnosed with cerebral palsy, could finally walk thanks to new research.
Because such a recognized humanitarian was visiting, the NIH held a lottery for tickets to attend the Dalai Lama's talk. I was lucky and won a ticket to see his lecture live. This was a unique and unforgettable experience; I never thought I would be in the same room, ten rows away from the Dalai Lama.
I found his talk to be very inspiring as he discussed the delicate balance between religion and science. He said it is okay to practice a certain religion, but do not let that get in the way of research. He then stated that research is important, but do not let that get in the way of being a good human.
The Dalai Lama emphasized that there is no point in being a good scientist if one's life is full of stress and unhappiness. I pondered on that statement even after the talk. He was correct: what is the point of being a scientist, or any other profession, if one cannot fully appreciate the joys?
After his talk, I felt inspired; yes, that does sound cheesy and stereotypical. Right now, I am a young scientist who is still learning about research and the different dynamics. His message of enjoying life and having less stress is true. I notice the people around me at work and home; everyone seems to be extremely stressed regarding their work. If we could all take a moment to relax and enjoy what we have, life will be much more pleasant.
I also really appreciated the fact that he said to respect one's religion but not to let it interfere with science. While it's important to consider the ethical implications of each experiment, the separation of science and religion will help us to focus on the research and achieve more. This message will remain with me long after the talk, just like his unique laughter.
Save the Date: Postbac Poster Day in May
The annual poster day for our postbac fellows will take place on Thursday, May 1, at Natcher from 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. NICHD will hold a competition to recognize the best three posters from our institute. Posters will be judged by some of our very own postdoc fellows. Don't forget to mark your calendar for this excellent opportunity to see our postbacs showcase their work.
The 10th Annual Fellows Retreat Is Near
The Annual Meeting of Postdoctoral, Clinical and Visiting Fellows, and Graduate Students will take place on Monday, April 21, at the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian.
Keynote speakers include Dr. Eric Wieschaus of Princeton University, a Nobel Prize winner, and Dr. Sherri Bale, co-founder and managing director of GeneDx, a local company that specializes in testing for hereditary genetic disease.
Mentor of the Year Awards: Time to Nominate!
Intramural NICHD has two annual mentoring awards to recognize individuals who have served as outstanding mentors to trainees in the institute.
Awardees in both the investigator (tenured, tenure-track, staff clinician, staff scientist) and fellow categories (postdoctoral, clinical, visiting, or research fellows) will be announced at the PI retreat in June. The deadline for receipt of nomination submissions is Monday, April 28.
For forms and more information on the nomination process, please visit: https://science.nichd.nih.gov/confluence/display/fellows/Mentor+of+the+Year+Awards+2014
Want to Be a FelCom Representative for NICHD?
Each institute has two representatives on the intramural-wide Fellows Committee, known as FelCom—one clinical and another for basic science. We are looking for nominations and expressions of interest for the Basic Science rep for 2014-2015. The rep also works with the Office of Education to identify academic and career programs of benefit to NICHD fellows. FelCom meets once a month. You will have a chance to network with other fellow leaders across the campus and contribute to planning and delivery of intramural-wide training programs. In fact, each rep is asked to serve on one subcommittee, like Mentoring or FARE.
For more information, contact Dr. Stephanie Cologna (email@example.com), our current NICHD basic representative. To apply, send Dr. Yvette Pittman an email, together with a few sentences about why you'd like to be the NICHD rep, by Friday, May 2, and we will meet with our Scientific Director, Dr. Stratakis, who will make the final selection.
Save the Date: Interviewing for Academic Jobs
Are you going on the job market for a faculty position soon and would like to know what the interview is really like and how to prepare for it?
On Friday, May 16, 12-1 PM, The Office of Education is offering a brown bag lunch session with two of our senior fellows who recently completed several interviews for faculty positions at both research-intensive and teaching colleges and universities.
This is a great opportunity, in a small-group, informal forum, for you to hear firsthand what to expect during the interview process. We want you to walk away from the discussion with a sense of what search committees are interested in, the type of questions that are asked, tips for both phone and in-person interviews, what skills are most needed to be successful, and what you can do throughout your NIH training to be more prepared.
If you would like to attend, please send Yvette Pittman (email@example.com) an email. Space is limited to 25 fellows.
FelCom Event: Careers in Academia
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Former CEO, Emanuele Angelidis, has recently stepped down for personal reasons unrelated to the business. Emanuele stated, "I would like to wish Joe every success and look forward to him building upon the foundations we have put in place." Tom Alexander added, "Emanuele has played a key role in commercialising the business. The Board and the whole team at Viacloud wish him all the very best."
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1. Home opener: It's been a while since new Jacksonville State coach Bill Clark has seen a game at JSU — maybe since his undergrad days when he roomed with offensive coordinator John Grass — but he will have a front-row seat Saturday as the Gamecocks play their first home game of his coaching tenure. The Gamecocks are 46-18-3 in JSU Stadium openers and have won seven straight since the famous "do-over" loss to No. 2 Furman in 2005. The last three have been thrillers, all decided by four points or fewer.
2. To the Max: Because of his play last week at Alabama State, junior Max Shortell will be out first with the JSU offense. Shortell completed 13 of 23 passes for 216 yards and two touchdowns for a 155.41 passer rating in his Jax State debut. He will be the Gamecocks' 12th starting quarterback since moving to Division I. Redshirt freshman Eli Jenkins hurt his hand on his second play last week, but tests were negative, and he'll be available when/if needed. With that setup, the snap sequence will be center Max Holcombe to Max Shortell.
3. Special teams: JU took an early upper hand on Delaware last week with some opportunistic special teams play. The Dolphins created two turnovers in the kicking game and converted both into touchdowns for a 14-0 first-quarter lead. The Gamecocks, meanwhile, had some glitches on their special teams with Telvin Brown fielding two kicks inside the 10, fumbling one away, and interfering with a fair catch as a gunner. "I don't think he'll do it again," Clark said.
4. On the run: Both teams would like to get their running game going. The Gamecocks have two dynamic backs in Damarcus James and Troymaine Pope, but the managed only 108 yards rushing in the opener. The Dolphins had minus-37 rushing yards against Delaware. The Gamecocks have held 49 teams below 100 rushing yards since moving to Division I. They are 42-7 in those games, 11-0 when holding teams to 52 yards or less.
Key matchup
JU quarterback Kade Bell vs. JSU defense: Bell is the son of the JU coach, former Florida quarterback Kerwin Bell. He's not quite a chip off the old block — Kerwin was a pocket passer, while Kade can do a little more on the run — but he is a thrower nonetheless. JSU's defense saved the Gamecocks in their opener. It held Alabama State to three field goals on drives and stopped two possessions in the fourth quarter to preserve the wins. They did give up two touchdowns, but both came on "drives" of 10 yards or fewer.
Because the Gamecocks won their season opener, Clark has the chance to join J.W. Stephenson and Jim Fuller as the only coaches in JSU history to win their first two games as its coach. Fuller won his first five. Just as might happen when Jax State plays up to an FBS opponent, JU likely will hang in the game early, but the Gamecocks' depth should come to the fore and give them a 2-0 start for the first time since 2010. ... Jax State 38, Jax U 14.


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I don't go over-the-top for my kids' birthday parties. I mean, this kid is turning 3 — she's not going to remember this party from any other. We went light on decorations: the birthday pennants I made for her first birthday and reuse every year, a handful of helium balloons and my favorite, tissue paper flower pom-poms. I found the instructions for the pom-poms on Pinterest and bought a pack of 25-count multi-colored tissue paper at Dollar Tree. I used two colors, pink and purple, stacked in sheets of five. I made four pom-poms from each color, making a total of eight — so averaging about 5 cents per pom-pom. If there's anything I like better than homemade, it's frugal homemade.
The princess also received three tiaras/crowns, two of which were destroyed within 48 hours. The sole surviving crown (save for a paper Burger King crown that was left by a guest) is one that was handmade by me the day of the party. I even stepped on it the other morning, totally warping it, but simply bent it back into shape. It just goes to show that handmade really is better.
Tissue paper flower pom-pom
Stack five pieces of tissue paper on a flat surface. My pieces were 20 inches by 20 inches, and I cut the stack into quarters, creating four stacks of equal size. This made pom-poms that are about 8 inches in diameter (for a bigger pom-pom, stack 10 pieces of tissue paper and use the whole sheet, instead of cutting it into quarters).
Starting on a short edge (if a square, like mine, start at any edge), and accordion fold the stack of tissue until you reach the other end.
Press firmly to crease each fold.
Cut the short end of the folds into a point or rounded end — this makes the "petals" on your flower. Wrap a piece of pipe cleaner around the center of the folded paper.
Starting with the outermost layer of tissue, gently pull each sheet toward the center of the flower, separating each sheet from the others.
Pull, fluff and generally mess with the paper until it forms a rounded shape and the pipe cleaner is hidden from sight.
I hung a couple of the pom-poms from fishing line from the ceiling and used the others to cover up the glass doorknob that I used to weigh down the balloons (look, another use for old door knobs!). It made a nice-looking centerpiece for our serving table.
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Lace crown
This crown was simple because I had a good base. It also justifies why I keep (i.e. hoard) pieces of cardboard.
I used a circular piece of cardboard that was about 2 inches tall and big enough to fit comfortably on my daughter's head. This particular piece of cardboard had been floating around our house and was already decorated with marker, because we used it when I threw our dog a birthday party several months ago (a ploy to get my kids to behave on a busy work-at-home day. And it worked like a charm.)
I used my hot-glue gun to first layer a piece of ribbon to cover the cardboard, and then layer a piece of 3-inch lace on top of that — enough to go above the top of the cardboard so you can't really see it. That still looked too plain to me, though, so I layered another piece of lace to complete it. Then it was a beautiful lacy crown fit for a princess.


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Although I didn't review the PC version of Quake Wars (check out Sean's review
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) I spent a huge amount of time with the beta and tracked the game since it was announced. When I heard that Activision was bringing the game to the consoles I was a bit cynical as the game's asymmetrical class based game play may not go over well with the console crowd. These kinds of games require a lot of team work and coordination to really work well and I'm not entirely sure that console crowd meets those demands.
The back story of the game is a bit odd as it's actually a prequel to the second and fourth Quake games. In the previous games you attacked Stroggos, home planet of the half human/half robotic Strogg to beat back the Strogg. Enemy Territories:Quake Wars actually covers the Strogg invasion of Earth that precipitated the events of the other two games, allowing you to play both the defending humans and the attacking Strogg. If you're looking for more of a plot than that you're going to have to try and stitch together the events of the missions in the game because there's no real narrative to the game the background is just a setup to have two different forces beating up on each other.
The game is class based and you have your standard classes of soldier, engineer, medic, sniper, and support for both sides (although the Strogg do get somewhat cooler names for the same classes). There are some nice tweaks to the classes as your medic class and engineer classes aren't gimped and are actually useful in combat outside of their typical roles. You can customize your class a bit by choosing different weapons based on how you want to play that class and you can earn more weapons and utilities by earning promotions during the game. Promotions are earned by completing objectives and doing the specialized things that you class can do. This is where the game differentiates itself from the rest of the pack as it assigns dynamic mission objectives during the game. For example, in some missions my engineer is responsible for building a shield penetrating laser but since he's Mr. Fix-it and Mr. Turret deploy-er he can get extra experience points for fixing damaged vehicles and deploying turrets. Likewise soldiers are assigned things like taking out enemy turrets and clearing out obstacles for the rest of their team.
The game contains twelve different missions which are broken into four, three mission campaigns. Each mission has three or more goals to accomplish and a set amount of time to get them done in. My personal favorite has you attacking a Strogg stronghold in Africa where you have to infiltrate their base, hack a slipgate to Stroggos, then drive the large MCP to the slipgate and use that foothold to take out a Strogg generator. Each part of the mission requires you to use a different set of classes to complete the objectives as you'll need a soldier to blow open the gates for the vehicles, a sniper class to hack the slipgate, an engineer to repair the MCV as it makes it's way to the setup point, and finally the soldier class to blow up the Strogg generator. There are some other mission types such as holding back a Strogg attack on an area or trying to deliver secret plans somewhere and there's enough variety here to keep you interested. I just wish there as a little more of an introduction to provide some backstory on the missions.
There is a nice variety of vehicles and weapons at your disposal to help you complete your missions though. The weapons are you standard variety FPS fare with a mix of machine guns, shotguns, rocket launchers, and pistols at your disposal. The Strogg get slightly different versions of the same weapons with a few extra toys tossed in for fun. My personal favorite is the remote drone for the Strogg sniper class which allows you to send out a limited range drone to scout out an area and take out enemy soldiers and turrets without exposing yourself. It's not as well done as the drones in Frontlines:Fuel of War but it's still a bit of fun. Vehicles are also your standard FPS fare with jeeps, tanks, and giant walkers at your command. While they aren't the most original things in the world the execution is solid. You can also call in aerial strikes and place defensive and offensive turrets in territory that you own. It's a bit hard to figure out where the turrets can go at times but they are extremely important to helping you win the game.
The Xbox 360 version looks and plays a bit better than the PS3 version of the game. The primary reason is that Nerve actually took the time to polish the graphics a bit and tweak the game to make it more console friendly. This is exemplified by the re-spawn menu which presents the three main options you need (class, class weapon, and re-spawn point) all in one handy window. There are other interface tweaks in the game and the graphics feel like they are a notch or two above what PS3 owners are getting.
The tinkering didn't end there as the folks at Nerve simplified the promotion system and stripped out the mission system from the game. In the PS3 and PC version of the game you can take on small class specific side-missions to earn some extra experience points. These include repairing vehicles, taking out turrets, and setting up radar and their elimination really impacts the overall gameplay experience. This also makes it a bit harder to figure out exactly what you are doing as there's no easy way to setup waypoints on the map or figure out what else you could be doing to help out the cause. There are some on screen icons that show up on your HUD but it's not nearly as intuitive as the PC or PS3 version.
Unlike the PS3 version, the Xbox 360 version has a lot more competition in the marketplace. Games like Frontlines: Fuel of War and the upcoming Battlefield:Bad Company are doing a lot of the same things and doing a lot better job at them. Quake Wars would have been first in field if it had been released soon after the PC version but now there are other better games out on the market right now. While the gameplay is solid it just doesn't have the chops to compete against the other games in the market. It's not a bad game but there are better alternatives out there.
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Simple, honest Cambodians versus bullies in bulldozers
As most people enjoy the cheer of Christmas and all its festivities, a grandmother and mother to a disabled son languish in jail. The mother is unable to care for her vulnerable family or enjoy the season that is supposed to be filled with cheer.
Sixty-five year old Tim Sakmony's story is a sad reflection of the Cambodian government's continued program of forced evictions. For speaking out about the impending loss of her home and her subsequent fears for her disabled child, she has been forced into silence, through what Amnesty International believes are trumped up charges.
Bulldozing slums is nothing new in Cambodia and the Australian government was at one stage dragged into this shocking practice of human rights abuse during the construction of the Australian embassy in Cambodia's capital Phnom Penh.
This modern monument of steel, glass and concrete should have marked the beginning of an exciting new era in Cambodia in 2009 but now stands as a very visible reminder of the Cambodian government's relentless campaign of forced evictions.
That's because the construction of the Australian Embassy was undertaken only after the local families that lived there were dragged kicking and screaming from their shanty homes to make way for it.
Because of their part in protesting acts like this, Tim and fellow activist Yorm Bopha will on Boxing Day face trial at Phnom Penh Municipal Court and could be sentenced to between six months and five years in jail if found guilty.
More than three years on from the scandalous forced eviction of 'Group 78' to make way for the Australian embassy, the bulldozers are now squarely aimed at the Borei Keila and Boeung Kak lake communities.
These are also, by no coincidence, communities where Tim and Yorm have been outspoken critics of the government's program of forced evictions. And sadly, instead of engaging meaningfully with communities about the realities of development and relocation, Cambodia has responded to this outcry by attempting to bully people into submission.
So sensitive are the authorities to criticism that they have Tim facing charges in part brought upon her for her request for the apartment promised to her disabled son as compensation for being forcibly evicted from her home.
As Amnesty International and our supporters raise awareness about these blatant human rights abuses, we lead the call for Australians to make their disgust at this practice known. That's because despite the Cambodian government acting like a bully in its own backyard, as with many bullies, they are likely to stop when they're confronted about their appalling behaviour.
As most Australians gather to watch the Boxing day Test, these two inspiring women face charges for crimes they didn't commit. But while the match unfolds, we will continue to send a message to the government of Cambodia, amid the growing public outcry gathering outside of the country, this campaign of forced evictions must end.
Amnesty activists are going to be writing letters and sending emails over the Christmas break to demand the release of Yorm and Tim, bolstered in knowing that we've had this fight before and won.
This year as you relax with your family over the Christmas break, pause for a second and think about what it would be like to live under threat of eviction from your own home. Consider adding 'make the world a better place' to your new year's resolution list and join Amnesty in its fight to hold governments to account.
This resolution could also be the priceless gift sitting at the top of people like Yorm and Tim's Christmas wish list.
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This ought to be a real winner for Julia in pressing her asianisation program and with a Foreign Minister who claims his asian descent wife is worth more than her weight in gold in international matters for Australia, we could not be better placed for a Senatorial approach.
Go forth Senator Carr and show us how that valuable golden partner can be put to great use.
NESLIHAN KUROSAWA says:
Hi Michael,
I am sure that Amnesty International does great work around the world however I truly believe that it isn't nearly enough. Cambodians have suffered a great deal throughout their history scarred with ethnic cleansing, civil wars and mass killings. And you know what looking back it seemed like the whole world was only standing and watching by these tragic events. It is great to know that someone like yourself who cares enough about Cambodians to actually come up with all the information needed for this article.
I am only hoping that this won't only make the news only for a few days and something positive and constructive will come out of all this suffering in the long term. And by the way forced evictions aren't only a serious problem faced by many poor families in Cambodia. I am certain that you have heard about the thousands of families being forced out of their homes due to faulty mortgage practices in the USA. However surviving all the hardships in the growing nations seems to be so much tougher than the rest of the world!
As all Australians we should all do more than just showing interest in exchange students and educating the elite students from Asia based purely on financial gain. Why don't we all realize that the most of 3.5 billion Asians are trying to feed their families by surviving on the very basics. We can have all the humanitarian organisations to deal with the problems faced by these billions of people. But if Australia is actually part of Asia then it needs to play a major role in highlighting such injustices instead of just watching from a distance only. Kind regards.
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Using Photos With English-Language LearnersOctober 4, 2012 | Larry Ferlazzo
"A picture is worth a thousand words."
-- Unknown
Though the origin of this popular adage is unclear, one thing is clear: using photos with English-Language Learners (ELLs) can be enormously effective in helping them learn far more than a thousand words -- and how to use them.
Usable images for lessons can be found online or teachers and students can take and use their own.
The activities presented below connect to multiple Common Core Standards including the following ELA Standards:
- Integrate and evaluate information presented in diverse media and formats, including visually, quantitatively, and orally.
- Develop the topic with relevant, well-chosen facts, definitions, concrete details, quotations, or other information and examples.
- Use precise language and domain-specific vocabulary to inform about or explain the topic.
Picture Word Inductive Model
The Picture Word Inductive Model (PWIM) is one of our favorites. In it, students first brainstorm twenty words related to a picture, then put those words into categories and add new ones that fit those categories. Next they complete a "cloze" (or fill-in-the-blank) activity with sentences about the picture which they then put into categories of their own. They convert those sentence categories into paragraphs, and, finally, arrange the paragraphs into essays. Lastly, a title is chosen.
The PWIM uses an inductive process (in which students seek patterns and use them to identify their broader meanings and significance), as opposed to a deductive process (where meanings or rules are given, and students have to then apply them). It takes advantage of student prior knowledge and visual clues and builds on the key strength of inductive learning—the brain's natural desire to seek out and remember patterns.
Research has shown that it is an effective way for students to learn to develop vocabulary and to read. You can find a more detailed description and timeline on how we use it in this transcript of a recent podcast I produced.
The best pictures to use in this activity contain one scene with many different objects. A recent study has found that the most memorable photos have a little "strangeness" about them, and include people and a sense of movement. Those attributes might be helpful to keep in mind when choosing a photo.
For example, this New York Times photo fits most of those criteria and could be used when teaching the themes of family or food.
Students can choose and label pictures online using this strategy with many newly unveiled online tools like Thinglink and Szoter. You can see examples of annotated photos using both of these free site here.
Thought Bubbles
Students can create "thought bubbles" for characters in photos. What might the people in this picture be thinking, or what about this dog? Bubblr and ImgOps are super-easy tools for students to create these kinds of "bubbles" with online photos.
Picture Dictation
In picture dictation, the teacher can pick an image and, without showing it to the class, describe it while students draw. It can also be a partner activity where half of the class is given one picture and the other half a different one. Students with different pictures are made partners and stand up a book or folder between them. One student describes her picture while the other draws. When it's complete and the student is given feedback, the roles can be reversed. Students can also be asked to write sentences describing the picture.
Bloom's Taxonomy
For more advanced English-Language Learners, using photos can be a good way to help them learn about Bloom's Taxonomy. In an exercise borrowed from Learn North Carolina, following an introduction to the different levels of Bloom's, students can apply their new knowledge towards developing leveled questions about a photo.
For example, a teacher could use this photo and model asking questions for each category:
- Knowledge: What items or people can you name with the vocabulary you know?
- Comprehension: What is happening in the photo?
- Application: What one sentence caption would you write?
- Analysis: Where do you think they are?
- Synthesis: What might they be thinking?
- Evaluation: Are they too young to play soccer? Why or why not?
The teacher could have one or more other photos to distribute, along with a sheet of "question starters" (you can find several here) categorized by the Bloom's level to help scaffold the activity. Students could work in partners to develop their own sequence of questions to share.
Compare and Contrast
Students can identify the similarities and differences between two different images. This can lead to practice with the academic vocabulary needed when making comparisons. For example, students could view two different images such as two photos from this slideshow, which features pictures of expectant parents standing in their babies' nurseries and "empty nesters" standing in their children's old rooms. They could use a Venn Diagram to record similarities and differences. After sharing with a partner and as a class, students could generate sentences and even paragraphs about the images. For beginning students, the teacher could supply sentence frames such as:
- "Both pictures have _________."
- "One difference is _____________."
- "In the first picture there is ____________, but in the second picture there is ___________."
You can see two more example photos and read more about how to use this strategy here.
Image Detective
Image Detective is an online media literacy activity which could be adapted to use with any photo -- these, for example. First, the teacher or student poses a question about the photo. Next, the student identifies clues in the photo that help them answer the question. Then, the student investigates background information on the picture and/or topic it represents. Finally, the student makes his/her conclusion. The final project looks like this:
- My Question Is:
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Using Images to Generate Writing
Using images to prompt writing is a key strategy we use with our English-Language Learners. Pictures are immediately engaging and often less daunting for students than texts. We often use images to push language development and thinking skills within a thematic unit. For example, we ask students to look at an image posted on the wall, on a document camera, or overhead. We've used the following image of apartheid in South Africa during a unit on Nelson Mandela.
First, students describe in writing what they observe, trying to record as many details as possible. It helps if students have a copy of the image on which they can write. Then the teacher asks students to write as many questions they can think of about the image and the details they have listed. Once students have shared their questions with a classmate, the teacher asks them to use the inductive process (described above in the Picture Word Inductive Model) to organize these questions into categories (for example, questions about feelings/emotions or historical questions) and then to add more questions to each category. These questions could serve as writing entry points for students to develop longer writing pieces based on the image.
Research has shown that these types of inquiry activities—where students are asked to analyze a piece of concrete data such as a picture or an object in order to generate ideas for writing—are an effective instructional practice for improving the writing of adolescent learners.
Five Card Flickr Story is another photo tool for generating writing. It lets you pick five photos from a group of pre-selected images from Flickr and then write a story about them. It saves your selection and story, and provides you with a link to it. No registration is required.
Another tool, Pic-Lits, lets users pick an image from a selection and then "drag-and-drop" words onto the image. The user's creation can then be saved with a link posted, or it can be embedded. The words you can choose from are labeled by their parts of speech, and once you drop the word on the image you can see all the different verb conjugations and choose one. You can write a poem or describe the picture. You also have the option of writing whatever words you want if you don't want to be limited by the words available to drag-and-drop.
Using Images For Speaking Practice
Fotobabble is the most simple photo and audio recording tool we've found for online speaking practice. Students can choose a photo and record their description of it with Fotobabble. Students can listen to their recording at the beginning of the year, and then record it again later to see the progress that they have made. It can also be posted on a class or student blog, and others can leave comments.
We look forward to hearing the ways you use images with your students!
Larry Ferlazzo and Katie Hull Sypnieski are teachers at Luther Burbank High School in Sacramento, California. Portions of this column are excerpts from their new book, The ESL/ELL Teacher's Survival Guide: Ready-to-Use Strategies, Tools, and Activities for Teaching English-Language Learners of All Levels. Larry also writes a popular blog for educators and a teacher advice column for Education Week Teacher.
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I am currently using picture prompts in my classroom for simple sentence writing assignments. The prompts also work well to encourage students to extend their descriptive language. One of the many ideas I will be using is the compare and contrast photo activity. I think this will allow my students to develop more confidence with their English language skills and simple observation. The Fotobabble program is something that I would like to use in my classroom to integrate more ICT activities for my ELL students. Your Ideas and best website list for ELL's have been very helpful. I cannot wait to share them with my colleagues.
I did not know about
I did not know about fotobabble thank you for the tip. I have and still do work with ELL students, and I know it can be difficult at times. SIOP strategies work well when working with ELLs. Use as much visuals and hands on with your objectives the more the better! Have students retell when you are able to make sure they understood your expectations. Watch their body language sometimes you can tell they really did not get your message, just readdress a different way. My passion is working with ELLs, because I have walked in their shoes and totally understand where they are coming from - I say do want every you can think of to help them get the concept. Sometimes being animated helps too!
KGordon, so glad that you
KGordon, so glad that you like the Perfect Captions app - I've used it in lots of different subject areas with my students. Check out my lesson plan using this app: http://bit.ly/T3iPM2 and more posts on my favorite apps at my blog: www.ClassTechTips.com
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Thank you for all of the tips for working with ESL students! I am a General Education Science teacher who is teaching a 7th grade, very low level pull-out resource room for the very first time. Not only do I have three or four students that are barely reading on a second grade level, but I also have two ESL students in my room who are very intelligent but have been placed in my resource room because of their language barriers. I am not Special Ed certified nor ESL certified so the strategies that you mentioned are extremely helpful! I especially liked the thought bubbles idea (I'm thinking using it as an activity to show relationships among different organisms) and the image detective. I was going to ask if any of these programs have iPad friendly Apps because my school does have sets of Ipads available for the resource classrooms. Also, thank you Monica for providing me with the Perfect Captions app, I am definitely going to look into it!!
You have great ideas. I have
You have great ideas. I have always struggled in the classroom with teaching ELL students. There is a paraprofessional at our school who works with ELL students in every classroom but there are so many students, she is pulled in 100 different directions. When she leaves the classroom, I often feel like ok now wht do I do? I usually show pictures to all of my students (ELL or not) when teaching vocabulary words. I really liked 2 of your ideas (Thought Bubbles and Picture Dictation). I am excited to use these in my classroom with my students. Thanks for sharing!
Thank you for sharing.
I love the idea of PWIM. I have a very diverse classroom this year. The majority of my students are gifted learners and I have five English Language Learners. I am struggling with ways to assess their understanding of the content that I teach them, especially in Science and Social Studies. I have been looking for ways that my English Language Learners can showcase their understanding with the knowledge they have. I will most definitely use this method within my classroom. In fact, I love all of these ideas. Thank you so much for providing such great detail on how to use appropiately. These are great!
Pics are good:) Wow, I am
Pics are good:) Wow, I am going to use this for my ELS students. If pictures can work better for even us who speak English then am sure it is best for those that are learning. Thanks you for this good idea.
I love using talk bubbles
I love using talk bubbles too!
Try out the Perfect Captions app if you're an iPad friendly classroom: http://classtechtips.com/2012/08/21/lets-talk-about-captions/


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